A nephew accused of fatally shooting his uncle following a fistfight in March entered a not guilty plea to murder Monday. Melchor Hernandez, 23, appeared with Texarkana attorney Shorty Barrett for arraignment before 202nd District Judge John Tidwell. Hernandez required…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: Shortly before jury selection was to begin Wednesday, the defendant pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child and asked that the judge determine his sentence. Gary Tanner Royal, 19, entered the plea with the help…
Couple accused in 3-year-old’s death scheduled for court A father and stepmother accused in the April 2 death of a 3-year-old girl are scheduled to appear in court before a Miller County circuit judge in late May. Everette Cawley, 23,…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury sentenced a former New Boston Middle School substitute teacher to a maximum 20-year sentence Friday for online solicitation of a minor. Dylan Reed Simpson, 22, must register as a sex offender for 10…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury returned a mixed verdict Thursday evening in the case of a former substitute teacher accused of sexual misconduct with multiple 12, 13 and 14-year-old girls who attended New Boston Middle School in 2017.…
The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Damont Williams, 35, of Texarkana Texas, after a stolen motorcycle was discovered in the back of his van late Tuesday. At 11:15 on Tuesday night, a woman reported that a man in a white…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury heard testimony from a number of witnesses Wednesday in the sex abuse trial of a former substitute teacher including two girls who were students in 2017. Dylan Reed Simpson, 22, is on trial…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A jury of six men and six women was selected following a long day of questioning prospective jurors Tuesday at the Bowie County courthouse in New Boston. Court staff said Monday they expected to start hearing testimony…
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning at the Bowie County courthouse for a former substitute teacher accused of sexual misconduct with New Boston, Texas, middle school girls. Dylan Reed Simpson, 22, is charged with two counts of indecency…
A Miller County judge set bail at $1 million Thursday for a 19-year-old Texarkana man accused of fatally shooting a woman in the face in the early hours Wednesday morning. Markelle Demetrice Davis stood before Miller County District Judge Wren…
A woman accused of beating her husband’s 3-year-old daughter to death earlier this month has been appointed two lawyers from the Arkansas Public Defender Commission in Little Rock. Texarkana, Ark., police were notified by Texas-side police after Everette Cawley, 23,…
A Texarkana man accused of sexual misconduct with a young female relative has been charged with rape by prosecutors in Miller County. Tykequoine Washington, 40, allegedly engaged in repeated acts of sexual misconduct with the alleged victim in 2016 and…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – Albert Creamer, the pedestrian struck by a hit and run driver on Wednesday, died Saturday morning at Christus Saint Michael Hospital. After Texarkana Texas police officers were dispatched to the report of an injured man laying in…
A man who allegedly failed to register as a sex offender after moving to Texarkana, Ark., in February is facing rape charges in Miller County. Persons convicted of certain sexual offenses are required by law to notify the jurisdictions where…
Three brothers allegedly involved in a drug-related shooting last summer have been indicted for murder by a Bowie County grand jury. Jacarie Antwon Sims, 24, Dequlain Deshun Sims, 23, and Jacoby Johnson, 18, are facing charges in the July 7…
